India's Social Activist-: Medha Patkar
India's Social Activist-: Medha Patkar
India's Social Activist-: Medha Patkar
Activist-
Medha Patkar
INTRODUCTION
Medha Patkar is an Indian social activist working on various crucial political and
economic issues raised by tribal, dalits, farmers, laborers and women facing injustice in
India. She is an alumni of Tata institute of social science, Mumbai.
She worked with voluntary organizations in Mumbai’s slums for 5 years and tribal
districts of North-East districts of Gujarat for 3 years. She worked as a member of
faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences but left her position to take up the field work.
She was a PhD scholar at TISS, studying Economics development and its impact on
traditional societies. After working up to M.Phil. level she left her unfinished PhD when
she became immersed in her work with the tribal and Peasant communities in the
Narmada valley spread over three states.
EARLY LIFE